Lenny Warren / Warren Media

Press/PR Photographer and Videographer. Freelance, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Scotland and beyond.

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Paula and Zigi

Video Production Scotland

The life of Paula and Zigi Sapietis. Zigi was a Latvian artist who escaped a brutal Nazi concentration camp, before settling in Scotland. I was truly honoured to meet Paula, and amazing woman with an amazing story. Read the full article

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Charles & Camilla

The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay officially open the new visitor centre at Bladnoch Distillery, Wigtownshire. The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay with distillery owners David and Sallie Prior. Read the full article

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Press Photographer Scotland

Press Photographer Scotland. "People huv tae know Lenny..." Always a pleasure working with Jane McCarry, Isa from Still Game.   Read the full article

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PR Photographer Scotland

I've been a Professional Photographer for over 30 years, and sometimes things take me back to my early years. I was giving a talk to a Camera Club the other night. They had some old donated gear in the corner, for members to take away, use, play with, whatever... Amongst the gear I noticed an old Bowens Illumitran. I mentioned in the talk how it took me back to my early years as a junior medical photographer. Part of my duties included slide copying and I shudder to think how many thousands of 35mm transparencies and lith slides I copied using this bit of equipment. It really was the best slide copier ever, with a nice bellows attachment, contrast control unit and a Schneider-Kreuznach flat field copy, enlarger lens. After the talk, they presented the Ilumitran to me as a gift, I was literally blown away, offering to donate to their funds but they wouldn't let me. We eventually agreed that I would make a charitable donation, which was a nice gesture. Carefully transporting it home, I cleaned the dust off it and plugged it in. Still working, and amazingly I was transported back to the mid '80s and my hands worked the controls like it was only yesterday. I have literally thousands of 35mm transparencies that belonged to my father, mainly holidays and family days out, so looks like I may eventually get them digitized. Luck was on my side as the bellows camera attachment was Nikon. Nice one, however... modern Pro DSLR's are just too deep to fit on the bellows. Must pick up something that will fit.  

I did find a slide that made me chuckle, a pic of myself sitting in the very studio that I used the Bowens Illumitran, but at our video edit suite back in the mid '80s. Happy days. Now, all I need to find is a Leitz Reprovit, the best copy stand EVER, a Bowens Blaster and maybe a JVC KY1900 video camera. Things have totally changed in this business, film is dead, a lot of the craft that I learned as a junior is obsolete now, which is a shame. I was proud of my darkroom skills, B&W, C41, E-6 and Cibachromes. I'm sure I could still use a Weston meter, a manual metered Nikon F2, dev some FP4 and print up some glossy 10x8's but would I really want to? Am I just getting old, or am I just lazy with my Nkon D4S's and Photoshop? The playing field has definitely been leveled when it comes to getting a well exposed sharp image but what I have found is that whilst it's easy to get a technically acceptable image, it's still as difficult to get the RIGHT image or a GREAT image. I've always said that a camera is just a beer bottle at one end with a bit of film at the other, although these days it's a digital sensor at the other end. The photograph isn't taken in the camera, it's taken in the mind and in the eye. That's why, thankfully, it's still as important to use a Professional Photographer. Read the full article

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PR Photographer Glasgow

PR Photographer Glasgow

Selfie time with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Just can't resist a mirror pic. ;) Read the full article

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Press Photographer Scotland

Press Photographer Scotland

First Glasgow played host to the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, as she gave her backing to the bus operator’s drive to tackle the imbalance of the number of women taking up a career in the bus industry and challenge the stereotype that bus driving is only for men. Read the full article

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Prince Charles, Nicola Sturgeon, Iolaire tragedy

Prince Charles, Lord Of The Isles and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined hundreds at the Iolaire Memorial in Stornoway today to remember those involved in the tragic sinking of HMY Iolaire on New Year’s Day 1919. The ship hit ‘The Beasts of Holm’ rocks, around 20 yards from Stornoway’s coastline, as it brought men home from World War One. Of around 300 on board, over 200 men from Lewis and Harris perished along with the crew. http://ww100scotland.com/news/iolaire-tragedy-remembered-100-years-on/ Read the full article

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PR Photographer Scotland

PR Photographer Scotland

PR Photographer Scotland. It's not just Glasgow or Edinburgh, we work anywhere, a recent PR photography job in Inverness. Read the full article

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GDPR and Father Ted

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Irish Dancers

Irish Dancers

It's a hardy annual, a job I aways enjoy. Irish dancers out and about in Glasgow. Not the first time I've posted a pic from it here.. .;) https://www.warrenmedia.co.uk/press-photographer-glasgow-world-irish-dancing-championships/ Read the full article

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RSNO at Glasgow Airport

PR Photographer Glasgow. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) performs for visitors arriving at Glasgow Airport for the inaugural European Championships.

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You've got 5 minutes

Press Photographer Scotland

Press Photographer Scotland. Part of being a press & PR photographer is being able to turn around great pics in a very short time. We don't have the luxury of a studio, make up, assistants, lots of time to do a huge selection of shots etc. You turn up at a location, you do the job you're booked for and then the client asks you, can you fit in some nice portraits? Yeah, no worries.. ;) This was one of those occasions, and it's actually one of my favourite pics of the last few weeks. Nice and simple, making great use of what was around me... It's jobs like this that keep you on your toes, love it. Read the full article

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GDPR and Father Ted.

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Pic of the Week

Press Photographer Scotland Press Photographer Scotland. We've been quite busy recently, but here's one of my favourite pics from the last week or so. Local dancers promoting the upcoming Weave Festival and Sma’ Shot Day. This year’s Weave Festival and Sma’ Shot Day event will celebrate the traditional weavers’ holiday by taking visitors on a trip ‘doon the watter’. The annual Sma’ Shot Day celebration, which is one of the world’s oldest worker festivals, will take place on Saturday 7th July and will, for the second year running, include the Weave Festival – offering an enhanced and diverse programme of cultural events and activities on the day. The festival is part of an expanded programme of events which is part of Paisley’s UK City of Culture 2021 bidding legacy and will reconnect the town’s weaving heritage and global connections via a programme boasting around 30 shows in Paisley’s historic town centre. http://www.renfrewshire24.co.uk/2018/05/23/weave-festival-and-sma-shot-day-2018-returns-with-a-celebration-of-the-weavers-holiday/ Read the full article

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Never work with children or animals?

PR Photographer Scotland Dogs That's what they say isn't it? Well, in my line of work you often have to work with either, or even both. Thankfully, as a dad of three daughters, a dog, two cats and some tropical fish I'm pretty used to it. ;) Great day today at Pollok Park with a doggy fun day to promote the upcoming movie Show Dogs. Read the full article